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I know we all love bagging on Microsoft, but insisting on backwards compatibility with the system you're directly replacing is not an unreasonable decision, esp
by PhasmaFelis 7y ago
I know we all love bagging on Microsoft, but insisting on backwards compatibility with the system you're directly replacing is not an unreasonable decision, especially since changing it could well have made DOS 1.1 scripts silently destroy data when run in DOS 2.0.
- tssva 7y agoThey were actually bagging on IBM which occurs less often but is probably equally loved.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoThat's what the lesson here is about, I believe. That a reasonable decision in the short-term can be unfortunate in the long-term. Taking lumps for a few months when the userbase was miniscule compared to what it is today sounds more reasonable now.